Karl Christian Friedrich Krause’s Influence on Schopenhauer’s Philosophy

Arthur Schopenhauer and Karl Christian Friedrich Krause used to live in the same house in Dresden in 1815 to 1816. Both Schopenhauer and Krause took a huge interest in Indian philosophy and in the development of their own systems of philosophy. Although Krause is not mentioned in Schopenhauer’s oeuvre, we know from Krause’s son’s notes that they must have had intense discussions concerning the purpose and scope of philosophy. In this chapter, the author first provides a survey of what we know about their time in Dresden. Once this is done, the author sketches Krause’s panentheism and Schopenhauer’s philosophy to analyze Krause’s influence on Schopenhauer’s thought.